Lionel Waters, 35, died at the Hospice Center of Delaware, Sgt. Richard Bratz said. He has been hospitalized since the police encounter, when an officer deployed his divisionally issued stun gun after Waters refused to put down his weapon. Waters went into cardiac arrest after multiple troopers struggled to take him into police custody, Bratz said.

Police on scene at the home in the 600 block of Milford-Harrington Highway began administering CPR until paramedics arrived, Bratz said. Waters was transported to Milford Memorial Hospital and listed in critical, but stable, condition, he said.